Nightmare at the robot hotel

The World

You know that feeling when you’re alone and it feels like someone’s watching you? If you’ve ever stayed in one of Japan’s “Henn na” robot hotels, you probably felt that, though it’s only a harmless robot. But what if somebody could hack that robot? Host Marco Werman spoke with Lance Vick, a security researcher who discovered this disturbing breach. 

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